Jason Kenny to be crowned world champion after France's Grégory Baugé stripped of title for anti-doping offence

Baugé, who beat Bolton's Kenny to gold at the Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, Holland last March, was last November issued with a one-year back-dated suspension from December 23, 2010 to December 22, 2011 for a "violation of article 21.4 of the UCI Anti-doping Regulation" (two breaches of applicable requirements regarding rider availability and one missed test in 18 months).

A statement from the International Cycling Union (the UCI) read: "The UCI today informed the FFC (Federation Francaise de Cyclisme) that all the results obtained by the rider and by any team of which he was a member during that period have been nullified by this decision.

"The UCI is therefore obliged to correct the results of the events in which Gregory Baugé participated during this period.

"As a consequence, the rider and the French team lose their individual sprint and team sprint titles won at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in March 2011."

Kenny is therefore set to be promoted to the gold medal position, with Sir Chris Hoy poised to be awarded silver after his third-placed finish.

Germany trio Rene Enders, Maximilian Levy and Stefan Nimke are set to take the team sprint crown from France, with France's Michael D'Almeida and Kevin Sireau stripped of their title due to team-mate Baugé's offence.

Britain's Kenny, Hoy and Matt Crampton are set to be promoted from bronze to silver, with Australia poised to be awarded third place.

Meanwhile, French prospect Yoann Offredo is likely to face a ban after the UCI informed the FFC that the FDJ-BigMat rider had missed three anti-doping tests over an 18-month period.

London 2012 Olympics: double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele admits to lack of fitness after struggle in Edinburgh

The Ethiopian, who was competing in only his third race in two injury-plagued years, struggled from the start of the 3km race in Holyrood Park, which was won by Kenya’s world and Olympic 1500 metres champion, Asbel Kiprop, in 9  min 20 sec.

On a day of surprises, 19-year-old Aldershot athlete Jonny Hay enjoyed a stunning breakthrough to take second place in 9-25, one second ahead of Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, the Olympic 5,000m silver medallist.

Bekele finished in 9-42, a performance that will be an encouragement to Britain’s Mo Farah, who is training at high altitude in Kenya.

“The course was OK but my shape was not good,” Bekele said. “I am 50/50 and I was not confident before the race. But it’s a long time until the Olympics and it is too early to be in better shape.”

Irishwoman Fionnuala Britton, the European cross-country champion, was a runaway winner of the women’s 6km race in 21-32, with Britons Gemma Steel and Elle Baker second and third respectively.